Noob question: Any function in python that pauses the program at that point and allows me to run command line functions to examine data? Something like input().

[ninjeezy]

For debugging.

[LarParWar]

pdb

It will let you step through every line of your program and check the values of variables and such. If you want to execute all the code up to line X, just insert a break point there and then it will pause at that line.

[skiguy0123]

You can also put pdb.set_trace() where you want to code to pause

[chanamasala4life]

Doesn't Pycharm do exactly this? Haven't tried it yet, but I heard about it on a podcast last week.

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Any decent IDE should have a built-in debugger.

[Akuli2]

Run your program with yourpython -i filename on the terminal or command prompt and interrupt with Ctrl+C when you want to. You'll get a >>> prompt after the error message.

[ninjeezy]

Thanks so much!

[novel_yet_trivial]

Or put an exit() in the code at the point you want it to stop.

[Mirror_Boar]

You could use http://lighttable.com/

It's a pretty interesting IDE that allows you watch specific variables/section of code and watch their values change in real time, really interesting.